Colour

#999D41

#999D41
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#999D41 is a yellow with RGB values 153, 157, 65 and HSL 63°, 41%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#999D41#999D41

HEX#999D41

RGBrgb(153, 157, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.6157, 0.2549

RGB percentages60%, 61.6%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(62.6, 41.4%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.6, 58.6%, 61.6%)

CMYK2.5%, 0%, 58.6%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,067,265

CSS custom property--colour: #999D41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31268WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.25:1

Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#6662BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89637no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A99946no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A39489no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14 Olive · ΔE 14.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 16.5 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.4 Khaki · ΔE 28.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#45419D

Analogous#9D7341, #6B9D41

Triadic#41999D, #9D4199

Split complementary#416B9D, #73419D

Tetradic#419D73, #45419D, #9D416B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E5E6C4

Lighter +30%#D5D7A0

Lighter +20%#C5C97B

Lighter +10%#B5BA57

Darker −10%#767932

Darker −20%#535523

Darker −30%#303114

Darker −40%#0C0D05

More saturated +25%#B2B925

Less saturated −25%#80815D

Channel breakdown

R153

G157

B65

Red153 (60%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue62.61°

Saturation (HSL)41.44%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 99 · G 9D · B 41

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